Statutory provisions relating to maternity protection
Appendix VII
INDONESIA
Act No. 1 of 1951, ARTICLE I, PART IV
Article 13
(2)
Female employees shall be granted a rest of one and a half months before the date upon which,, according to calculation, the birth of a child is expected and one and a half months after confinement or miscarriage.
(3)
The rest time granted to a female employee prior to the date according to calculation upon which she is expected to give birth to a child, may be extended to a maximum of 3 months if in a medical certificate it is stated that such is necessary to protect her health.
Government Regulation No. 4 of 1951, ARTICLE I
Article 1
(3)
Female workers wishing to exercise their rights as mentioned in article 13(2) of the Labour Act No. 12 of 1948 (i.e. Act No. 1 of 1951) are obliged to submit an obligation for leave to their employer at least 10 days before the date upon which the leave commences; this period of 10 days does not apply to female workers who have suffered a miscarriage. Such applications should be accompanied by a certificate signed by a physician, or in the absence of a physician by a midwife, or in the absence of both, by an official of the civil service of at least the rank of Asisten Wedana.
(4)
Female workers to whom leave is granted in accordance with the provisions of this article, shall be given full pay during the period of leave, unless the special provisions concerning the conditions and salary of both permanent and temporary government employees, apply to such female workers.
KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)
Labour Standards Law, 1953
Article 60 (Maternity Leave)
1.
An employer shall allow a female worker in pregnancy sixty days leave with pay. However, more than thirty days maternity leave with pay shall be reserved for use after child birth.
2.
Female workers in pregnancy shall be transferred to other light and easy work whenever requested by them and shall not be assigned to overtime work.